Verb; to attempt to fix delicate or complex technological instrumentation by way of striking it repeatedly.
A reference Spike Spiegel, the fictional protagonist of Shinichirō Watanabe's Anime television series Cowboy Bebop. Spiegel is a former mafia contract killer and pickpocket turned bounty-hunter, famous for his nonchalance and charm, his solution to any technological malfunction is to strike the device.